Video: Top 10 places to visit with your grandparents in Grass Valley
Grass Valley Charter School kindergarten classes present “Top Ten Places to Take Your Grandparents in Grass Valley.” The video highlights local business and attractions and promotes the City of Grass Valley as a great place to visit with your grandparents. The service project was developed and produced by two kindergarten classes with the help of […]
Nevada City is a finalist for America’s coolest small town
Nevada City is one of the 15 finalists for America’s coolest small town, according to BudgetTravel.com. “Nevada City may be a little off the beaten path (60 miles northeast of Sacramento, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains), but residents value the Gold Country town for its music and art scene, food, and proximity […]
Northern California wins big in 2014 Good Food Awards
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. We grant awards to outstanding American food producers and the farmers who provide their ingredients. The winners were announced this month at the in San Francisco, with a little help from Alice Waters and Ruth Reichl. […]
Chinese Lunar New Year Festival is February 9
CATS (Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra) is the Gold Sponsor of the Nevada City Chinese Lunar New Year Festival on Sunday, February 9, 2014, to welcome the Year of the Horse. Parade begins at noon from the Chinese Monument on Commercial Street (in Nevada City) down Commercial Street, to the Robinson Plaza, for entertainment […]
Tahoe Food Hub raises $28,000 in crowd funding campaign
Tahoe Food Hub completed a two and half month crowdfunding campaign to buy a refrigerated delivery van. The effort raised over $28,000 via a combination of online donations, business sponsorships and private donations. The Tahoe Food Hub would like to thank the Truckee/North Lake Tahoe community for supporting this effort. A crowdfunding campaign aggregates small […]
Music in the Mountains’ Prelude for Yuba Salmon: Where art and science collide
Music in the Mountains is one of just 23 American orchestras selected by the League of American Orchestras to receive a 2013-14 Getty Education and Community Investment Grant. The grant was awarded to Music in the Mountains for its new project, Prelude to Yuba Salmon, and is recognition of MIM’s innovation and dedication to increasing […]
ART OnSite lecture series with artist Daniel Brickman on February 9
On Sunday, February 9, ART OnSite will host an intimate evening with sculptor Daniel Brickman in conversation with Center for the Arts Executive Director Julie Baker. Brickman is one of eight professional artists selected by the ART OnSite jury to create a work of art along the Deer Creek Tribute Trail in Nevada City. His […]
Experience Olympic Heritage at Lake Tahoe this winter
During the winter of 1960, athletes from around the world came to Lake Tahoe to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. The biathlon and cross country events were held in what is now Sugar Pine Point State Park. Join park staff, the West Shore Business Association and the Sierra State Parks Foundation as we celebrate […]
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